Display-rack for wall-paper and other merchandise.



S. L. RALPH. DISPLAY RACK FOR WALL PAPER AND OTHER MERCHANDISE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913. 1, 1 1 6,484. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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S. L. RALPH. DISPLAY RACK FOR WALL PAPER AND OTHER MERCHANDISE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913.

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the upper portion of UNITED STATES SIDNEY L. RALPH, or ABILENE, TEXAS.

DISPLAY-RAGK FOR WALL-PAPER AND OTHER MERCHANDISE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed June 26,1913. Serial No. 775,980.

7 '0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY L. RALPH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Abilene, in the county of Taylor and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Display-Rack for Wall Paper and otherMerchandise, of which the following is a specification.

The device this application is a adapted to be employed paper andhangings.

One object of the present invention is to rovide a device of the classdescribed, in which both the wall paper and the ceiling paper may beexposed to advantage.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for mountingin place the display members whereon the wall paper is carried.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and toenhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the pres entinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the'invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in thepreciseembodiment ot the invention herein disclosed can be made withinthe scope of what is claimed without departing trom the spirit of theinvention. In the drawings :Figure 1 shows the in vention inperspective, parts being broken away. Fig.9. is a side elevation of oneof the corner caps which are carried by the pivotally mounted displayforming the subject matter of display structure, for exhibiting wallmembers; Fig3 is a section through one corner cap on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.;F1g. l 1s a longitudmal section through one corner cap; Fig. 5is a longitudinal section through the corner cap which is assembled withthe lower corner of the display member; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectionshowing a modified form of corner cap; Figs. 7 and 8 are elevations ofscrews which are employed in connection with that form of corner capdepicted in Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a transverse section of the supporting barwhich is connected with the lower portion of the cabinet; Fig. 10 is atransverse section of the bar which is connected with the cabinet, thebars shown in Figs. 9 and 10 constituting the means whereby the displaymembers are I movably and pivotally connected to the cabinet. Fig. 11 atransverse section of one display member; and Fig. 19. is a fragmentaltransrersesection of the upper portion of the cabinet. 1 a

. In. carrying out the invention there is provided a cabinet 1 which maybe of any desired form. Since the cabinet 1 will Vary in construction,in accordance with, the tastes of the user, the cabinet neednot bedescribed in great detail. however, preferably comprises a hollow to :2equipped in its interior with longitudina side supports 3, of plates orbars projecting inwardly into the interior of the top 2. The topisequipped with end supports 1 and with an intermediate support 5, thesupports 4; and 5 prefer ably being in the form of bars extendedtransversely of the side supports 3. Mounted removably upon thesupporting structure above described, and located within the contour ofthe hollow top 2 of the cabinet 1 are panels 6 which; preferably arefashioned from pulp-board. To these panels b may be secured sections oi?paper which are adapted to cover the ceiling of a room.

The cabinet 1 includes abase 7 which may be of any form, the base beingcon nected with the top 2 in any desired manner. In the presentinstance, referred to are connected by means oi an endfwall 8 and bymeans oi? posts 9, the top 9. and the base 7 being united at the rear ofthe cabinet. by braces 10 in the present inrelation. A. bar 11 issecured to the hollow top 2 adjacent the-rear of the cabinet, the edgesoi the bar 11 being beveled as indicated at 12. The bar 11 is providedwith a plurality of openings 14: in which thiinbles 15 are held. A bar16 is seemed to the base 7. in vertical alinement with the bar 11, thelongitudinal edges of the bar 16 being bev eled as had ated at 1T. Inthe lower face of the bar 16 there is formed a channel. 18 shown mostclearly in Fig. 9, and in the channel 18 is disposed. a metal thruststrip 19. In the upper face of the bar 16 there are a plurality oiopenings 20, the openings EO being alined vertically. with the openings1a in the bar 11. The lower ends of the openings 20 are closed by thethrust strip 19.

The invention further includes a plurality of display members 21, shownin position Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

The cabinet 1,

preferably taking the torm' the elements above stance shown as disposedin intersecting.

' panel 24 in Fig. 1, one of the display members being depicted in crosssection in Fig. 11. Each display member 21 comprises a frame 22,channeled upon its inner edge as indicated at 23 to receive the edge ofa panel 21 which ordinarily is made of pulp-board. To the may beattached in any suitable manner, strips of paper adapted to cover theside walls of a room.

The rear upper and lower corners of the display members 21 are pivotallyconnected with the cabinet 1, and this construction may be'carriedout ina variety of ways. In the present instance, corner caps 25 are provided,each cap 25 comprising a back 26,

side. Walls 27 and an end Wall 28. Projecting from the'end wall 28 andin the present instance formed integrally therewith is a pin'29. One'ofthe corner caps 25 as above described and as shown in F igs. 2, 3 and 4is" mounted upon the upper rear corner of each display member 21, thepin 29 entering one ofthe thimbles 15 of the bar 12. There are holes 31in the side walls 27 of the corner caps 25, whereby through the mediumof suitable securing elements, the corner ca sma be held in place uponthe display members 21. The corner cap shown in Fig. 5 is mounted uponthe lower rear corner of each display member 21. The corner cap shown inIig. 5 does not differ in construction from the corner cap hereinbeforedescribed, saving for the fact that the pin 29 i of the lower corner capis shorter than the pin 29'of the upper corner cap, the pin 29 beingjournaled in one of the openings 20 of the lower bar 16, the strip19'receiving the lower end of the pin 29 and constituting a thrustbearing therefor. Owing to the fact that the pin 29 is shorter than thepin 29, any display member 21 may be raised up until the pin 29 'nolonger lies in the opening 20. Thereupon, the display member 21 may beremoved readily from the cabinet.

In Fig. 6 a slight modification in the corner cap is shown, the cornercap being denoted by the numeral 32. In the end Wall 33 of the cornercap there is an opening 3 adapted to receive a threaded pin 35 which maybe screwed into the upper edge of the display member 21, the threadedportion of the pin being indicated by the reference character 36. Thesmooth portion of the lower in 37 is shorter than the smooth portionothe upper pin 35, for a purpose which has been set forth hereinbefore,in connection with the pins 29 and 29*.

From the foregoing it will be seen that is enabled any desired ceilingpanel 6 may be mounted in place upon the supported structures Thedisplay members 21 may be swung upon their pivotalmountings 2929, sothat any desired display member, or any pair of display members may bebrought into cooperation with one of the ceiling panels 6. Thus, thepurchaser, at a glance to note the elfect produced by any desiredceiling paper and by any desiredwall papers. There may be any chosennumber of the display members 21,- and as hereinbefore pointed out, theymay be readily shifted'from place to place within the cabinet.

It'is obvious that the structure herein disclosed may be employed fordisplaying merchandise other than wall paper. Under such circumstances,any suitable suspending means for the articles displayed may beemployed.

, Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a

posed display panel mounted in the cabinet in close relation with thehorizontallydis posed panel, one of said cooperating elements beingremoi able and the other of said cooperating elements being duplicated,the duplicated elements being movable with respect to each other andbeing movable with respect to the removable element.

2. In a device of the class described, a cabinet; a movably mountedhorizontally disposed display. member carried by the cabinet: and aplurality of vertically disposed display members carried by the cabinetand located in close relation to the horizontally disposed displaymember, the horizontal and vertical display members cooperating to setforth for inspection, and in their normal positions, house decorationswhich normally stand in the horizontal and vertical positions assumed bythe display members, the vertically disposed members being individuallymovable for successive cooperation with the horizontally disposedmember.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' SIDNEY L. RALPH.

Witnesses:

IV. P. MAHOFFEY, J. O. PmBsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe f Commissioner of .Patents,

Washington, D. G.

